Spain
Spain (España) is located in Southwest Europe, occupying the Iberian peninsula between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic; a member of the European Union; by tonnage the leading ports are Algeciras, Barcelona and València. State ports are managed by Puertos del Estado which executes port policy of the government; made up of 28 port authorities that manage the 46 ports.
MSC starts operations at the Torrejón de Ardoz railway terminal in Madrid
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) February 1, 2021 – Laumar Terminales Ferroviarias has works to adapt the Torrejón de Ardoz railway terminal in Madrid and...
Huelva port joins Atlantic Corridor and seeks benefits
The inclusion of the Port of Huelva in the Atlantic Corridor, from January 1 of this year, positions the port of Huelva as a global node, since it places it at...
Port of Castelló closes 2020 moving 18.54 million tons of cargo, a decrease of 10.5%
The port of Castelló closes the year 2020 moving 18,541,498 tons of cargo, a decrease of 10.5% compared to the previous year. This decrease is in line with...
Port of Barcelona approves extraordinary review of the rates for the Marpol V waste collection service
The Board of Directors of the Port of Barcelona held today approved the extraordinary revision of the rates for the collection service for waste from ships...
Valenciaport exceeds 5.4 million containers and 80 million tonnes managed in 2020
These figures are similar to those of the previous year and highlight the activity carried out by the port and logistics community during the Covid-19 pandemic...
Spanish ports see total cargo traffic down 8.6% in 2020
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 27, 2021 – The Spanish port system ended the 2020 financial year with 515,682,392 cargo tons moved, a decrease of...
Spanish port system records 515,682,392 cargo tons moved, down 8.95% in 2020
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 27, 2021 – The Spanish port system ended the 2020 financial year with 515,682,392 cargo tons moved, a decrease of...
Valenciaport and the Gandia city council agree on the future transfer of certain spaces to the city
Today the Advisory Committee of the Port of Gandia for the port / city relationship has met online. The content has been defined for the ideas competition...
Tarragona port increases rate of dredging
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 27, 2021 – The dredger Zheng is carrying out its tasks to fill the interior of the Balearic Wharf of the Port of...
Endesa extends Algeciras port concession period
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) January 27, 2021 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of Algeciras) has extended...
Port Logistics Services to invest in its Bilbao port
Port Logistics Services (SLP) plans to invest €1.5 million in its concession in the AZ-2 dock in the port of Bilbao – January 25, 2021 The investment...
Contract with Greenland’s Royal Greenland company for fourth factory ship from Bilbao port shipyard
The shipyard Murueta, part of Astilleros de Murueta S.A., has signed a contract with the shipowner Qaleralik (a part of Greenland’s Royal Greenland publicly...
Bergé and Vertraco Shipping increase Europe-Caribbean service
Bergé and Vertraco Shipping (agents in the Netherlands) intensify theirregular conventional service between Europe and the Caribbean to boost trade –...
Brexit, better with an agreement
Uniport Bibao – January 26, 2021 On December 24, Ursula Von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, and Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the...
Noatum terminal for solid bulks in the port of Sagunto will have 22,000 m2
València, Spain (PortSEurope) January 26, 2021 – The Official State Gazette (BOE) has reported on a decision resolution by Autoridad Portuaria de...
Navantia manager meets Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu
Ankara, Turkey (PortSEurope) January 25, 2021 – Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu held a meeting on 19 January 2021 with Francisco Javier Hergueta,...
Port Authority presents the new facility “Málaga Port Control”
The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga (APM – Port Authority of Málaga), Carlos Rubio, today presented the new Málaga Port Control...
Valenciaport is at the forefront of Spain in natural gas supply operations
Last year Baleària made 291 LNG supplies in the Port of València with the multitruck-to-ship method, which facilitates faster and more efficient operations...
In 2020, Barcelona port handles over 39,100 m3 of natural gas for ships – 65% on Baleària ferries
In 2020, 219 operations were carried out at the Port of Barcelona to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to ships, totalling 39,149 m³. Of the total number of...
Vigo port sees cargo traffic up over 4% in 2020
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) January 25, 2021 – According to provisional data from 2020, the northwest port of Vigo reports a record year for merchandise...